Ground-based assessment of the bias and long-term stability of 14 limb and occultation ozone profile data records

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2497-2534

  Hubert, Daan ^a   Lambert, Jean Christopher ^a   Verhoelst, Tijl ^a   Granville, José ^a   Keppens, Arno ^a   Baray, Jean Luc ^b,c   Bourassa, Adam E ^d   Cortesi, Ugo ^e   Degenstein, Doug A ^d   Froidevaux, Lucien ^f   Godin Beekmann, Sophie ^g   Hoppel, Karl W ^h   Johnson, Bryan J ⁱ   Kyrölä, Erkki ^j   Leblanc, Thierry ^f   Lichtenberg, Günter ^k   Marchand, Marion ^g   McElroy, C Thomas ^l   Murtagh, Donal ^m   Nakane, Hideaki ^n,o   Portafaix, Thierry ^b   Querel, Richard ^p   Russell, James M ^q   Salvador, Jacobo ^r   Smit, Herman G J ^s   Stebel, Kerstin ^t   Steinbrecht, Wolfgang ^u   Strawbridge, Kevin B ^v   Stübi, René ^w   Swart, Daan P J ^x   Taha, Ghassan ^y,z   Tarasick, David W ^v   Thompson, Anne M ^z   Urban, Joachim ^m   Van Gijsel, Joanna A E ^aa   Van Malderen, Roeland ^ab   Von Der Gathen, Peter ^ac   Walker, Kaley A ^ad,ae   Wolfram, Elian ^r   Zawodny, Joseph M ^af   more..

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^h NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^j FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^k GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^l YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^m CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

ⁿ KOCHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^p NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^q HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r CEILAP UNIDEF (MINDEF CONICET)   (Argentina)

^s FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^t NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^u DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^v ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^w FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^x NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^y UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^z NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^aa ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^ab ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^ac ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^af NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA QUALITY; LIDAR; OZONE; OZONESONDE; SATELLITE; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84974589288     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-9-2497-2016     Document Type: Article

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